Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday dismissed claims that Rochas Okorocha, Imo West Senator, gave the group N500 million. Kanu insisted that IPOB has never received any cash donation or financial assistance from Okorocha. There are reports that the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma had accused Okorocha of donating the huge sum to the seperatist group. However, Kanu, in a statement by IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful stressed that both Uzodinma and Okorocha can not bankroll the group. A statement by Powerful reads: “The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the global…
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Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and their wives for staying away from the burial of Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and other senior officers of the Nigerian Army on Saturday. As InfoStride rightly observed, President Buhari and his Vice, Osinbajo were conspicuously missing at the burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru and others on Saturday. Attahiru and the other ten senior officers, died in a plane crash in Kaduna State on Friday when the Beachcraft 350 aircraft came down due to…
A federal judge seen as a possible future U.S. Supreme Court pick by President Joe Biden cleared a key hurdle on Thursday in her nomination to an influential appellate court, winning approval in a Senate committee despite Republican opposition. The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Washington-based U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on a 13-9 vote. All those in opposition were Republicans, with two – Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn – voting with Democrats to approve the nomination. Jackson’s nomination now heads for a final confirmation vote…
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, has dispelled insinuations that he prevented former Governor of the State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, from registering as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo. The governing APC just concluded a nationwide registration exercise which kicked off in February. On Thursday, May 20, 2021, the APC national registration appeal team led by Alhaji Farouk Aliyu, paid a working visiting to Governor Uzodinma at the Sam Mbakwe executive chamber, Government House, Owerri. The committee appealed for the integration of Okorocha, Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, Dan Nwafor and a few other aggrieved members, into the APC…
South West Zonal Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) sidelined itself by boycotting the local government election in the state. Taofeek Arapaja, a former Deputy Governor of the state, made this disclosure while addressing journalists shortly after casting his vote at the local government election which took place on Saturday. Arapaja, who spoke in Ibadan, maintained that it was the APC that dribbled itself and shot a goal on its own goalpost. He, however, described the election as ‘very credible and perfect’. He added that there has never…
Pan Nigeria Presidency of Igbo Extraction Coalition (PANPIEC), a sociopolitical group, has criticized governors elected on the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) for their recent position on zoning of the party’s presidential seat ahead of 2023 general elections. InfoStride News reported that governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), had insisted that there would be no zoning ahead of the 2023 general elections and anyone was free to contest for any position. They made this known in a statement signed by their chairman and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, on…
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has suspended the ongoing local government election in Ido local Government Area. Our correspondent reports that the local government election which is currently ongoing in all the 33 local government areas in the state has been fixed for today (Saturday). InfoStride News, however, learnt that the election has been suspended in Ido local government area. Ido is one of the 11 local government areas in Ibadan, the state capital. It is one of the local government areas in Oyo South District. Our correspondent gathered that the election for the Chairmanship and Councilorship in…
The All Progressives Congress has taken over the Secretariat of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State. InfoStride News gathered that the property situated at 42A Murtala Muhammed Highway, Calabar, Cross River State is currently being painted with APC colours. In a statement sent to newsmen, the landlord, Lawrence Ene Asuquo, said PDP remains his tenant and he has no dealings with APC. The statement reads: “My attention has been drawn to the fact that the property situated at 42A Murtala Muhammad Highway, Calabar which PDP holds as tenant is presently being painted with APC colours. “On behalf…
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a resolution blocking a $735 million weapons sale to Israel on Thursday, mirroring a symbolic action by the House of Representatives in response to conflict between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas leaders. “At a moment when U.S.-made bombs are devastating Gaza, and killing women and children, we cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a congressional debate,” said Sanders, an independent who votes with Democrats. Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration approved the potential sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel this year, and sent it to Congress on May 5 for…
The Cross River State Police Command has reacted to the removal of flags of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from their secretariat on Murtala Mohammed Highway area of Calabar, the state capital. It was observed that the secretariat was heavily guarded by policemen while flags of the party were being removed and party colours repainted to green and white, colours of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Ben Ayade’s new party. InfoStride News observed that Ntufam Inok Edim, the immediate past state chairman of the party and current caretaker committee chairman of the party, was at the scene. He was…
Rochas Okorocha, Imo West Senator, has dismissed claims of the state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, that he opted out of the All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration and revalidation exercise in the state. Okorocha described Uzodinma’s claim as false and laughable. Uzodinma had informed the APC’s appeal committee on the party’s registration and revalidation exercise that the lawmaker had refused to be registered as an APC member in Imo during the exercise. Reacting, the former Imo State governor said Uzodinma’s claim was more of propaganda. The lawmaker, who spoke through his Media Adviser, Sam Onwuemeodo, insisted that the revalidation exercise did…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has cried out over an alleged plot by Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to unleash terror on opposition parties during the July 24 local government election. The PDP alleged that Governor Dapo Abiodun was in talks with some security agencies on how to molest and intimidate its members during the polls. At a press conference addressed by the Chairman, Ogun PDP Local Government Election Organising Committee, Hon. Samson Bamgbose, at the party Secretariat in Abeokuta, Friday, the party said there were plans by the ruling party to chase…
Nigerian Military plane carrying the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and other top military personnel has reportedly crashed. Although the report of the incident is sketchy, information reaching InfoStride News indicated that there is no survivor in the crash. According to sources, the aircraft crashed at the Kaduna international airport at about 6 pm while it was raining heavily. More Details Later…
U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil the first detailed budget proposal of his term in office on May 28, a day later than originally planned, the White House said on Wednesday. No reason was given for the delay. The budget blueprint will cover the fiscal year starting in October. It will be the first exhaustive list of the programs Joe Biden wants to expand or cut – from foreign aid to immigration and policing.
Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have insisted that there would be no zoning ahead of the 2023 general elections and anyone is free to contest for any position. They made this known in a statement signed by their chairman and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, on Friday. “APC belongs to all Nigerians. Everyone, from every part of the country, is free to aspire for any position in the party in line with provisions of our party’s constitution and the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. “The guiding…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), on Friday, said it has approved the dissolution of the State Caretaker Committee for the Cross River state chapter of the party This was contained in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. According to the statement, “The decision is in pursuant to the powers conferred on the NWC by the PDP Constitution. “Consequently, the NWC has constituted a new State Caretaker Committee to pilot the affairs of the chapter of the party at the state level”…
Oyo State Government has announced the restriction in movement of persons and goods between 6am and 3pm on Saturday, May 22. Secretary to the State Government, Olubamiwo Adeosun, in a statement said this would enable voters in the 33 local governments to participate actively in tomorrow’s election. The restriction would also help officials of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) to conduct the poll without hindrance. Adeosun urged residents to freely participate in the election and remain law-abiding. “Only persons on essential duties would be exempted from the restriction order,” the statement added. The public was advised to comply…
Members of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State have continued to jubilate over the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State to All Progress Congress (APC). They claimed a major obstacle in the way of proper functioning of the party in the state has removed himself. “Stakeholders can now meet and organize the party the way political parties are organized” they stated. Regretting the action of Governor Ben Ayade, Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) told the media on Friday, “We should go for Thanksgiving for his exit. He would have thoroughly messed up the 2023 electoral…
U.S. Republican lawmakers met on Tuesday with top officials from President Joe Biden’s administration to seek common ground on an infrastructure proposal but said they did not present a new plan of their own. Senators who attended the meeting with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said they discussed how infrastructure investment would be paid for. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who is leading the Republican effort, announced a counter-proposal of $568 billion in April, far short of Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan. A bipartisan group of senators has discussed a package of roughly $1 trillion. “I think they’re…
The Senator representing Ekiti South at the National Assembly, Chief Biodun Olujimi, has explained what the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) must do to reclaim the state from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) during the next gubernatorial and general elections. Senator Biodun Olujimi, the Minority Leader of the 8th Senate and deputy to Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ekiti in 2005, has not been on good terms with her former principal, causing the party great misfortune in the state. Although Mr. Fayose had said the differences between him and Senator Olujimi have been resolved, their outing during the South West Zonal…